John Wooden
John Wooden
John Robert Woodenwas an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood," as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including a record seven in a row. No other team has won more than two in a row. Within this period, his teams won a men's basketball-record 88 consecutive games. Wooden was named national coach of the year six times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 October 1910
CountryUnited States of America
Parenting is the most important profession in the world.
I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
There are little details in everything you do, and if you get away from any one of the little details, you're not teaching the thing as a whole. For it is little things which, together, make the whole. This, I think, is extremely important.
It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible; it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.
The outstanding coach is a teacher that gets all his squad to accept the role that he considers to be the most important for the welfare of all.
Character is more important than any other leadership trait.
It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying
The important things to me are your faith, your family and your friends. If you have that, you have everything.
Next to love, balance is the most important thing.
Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out
Quickness under control is the most valuable physical aspect of any sport, ... I wanted more strengthening of the long, supple muscles. I wasn't just looking for strength.
Better than any person my age has a right to,
Ben has really embraced the tradition of the program, and growing up in Southern California, he understands what it really means. To see him teaching those same principles to his players just gives me a lot of pride.